shrimp

IPA: ʃrˈɪmp

Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
(slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.
(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Morecambe Football Club.
Initialism of sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe.

Examples of "shrimp" in Sentences

Slightly spoiled (not rotten) shrimp is also good.
Anyway, like I was sayin ', shrimp is the fruit of the sea.
Cook about 5 more minutes until the shrimp is fully cooked, fold in half and place on a plate.
During a cold New Year's Day trout outing, Ernie Calandrelli tossed out a leftover cocktail shrimp from the prior night's party and bagged a fat steelhead.
Another local favorite is Early Girl Eatery, where you can indulge in shrimp and grits, or a vegan tofu scramble (8 Wall St.; 828-259-9292; earlygirleatery. com).
Back in August, when the first family visited New Orleans, the President had himself a quite public shrimp po 'boy, as if to assure us all that Gulf shrimp is nothing to worry about, and I hope he's right, but the jury is definitely still out on that.